An Empress’s Daily Harem Battles

Any Proper Palace-Intrigue Historical Stories? 😭 The Kind Where Everyone's Scheming Eight Steps Ahead

Looking for Real Palace-Intrigue Dramas, No Need for Mutual First-Timers

I really don’t understand why people insist on both leads being virgins and still call it a palace-intrigue drama. If both leads are virgins, it’s not even palace intrigue anymore. Please recommend some real palace-intrigue dramas.

Pure Palace Intrigue, From Palace Maiden to Favorite Consort and Empress: A Highly Intelligent, Ruthless Female Lead Who Isn't a Doormat

Pure palace-intrigue stories, with ruthless, high-IQ heroines who aren't saintly.

Looking for Palace-Intrigue Stories That Start in the Crown Prince's or Prince's Residence and Later Move to the Imperial Palace

Preferably, she shouldn’t start out as the crown prince’s consort.

A Gentle, Refined Young Lady, a Slow-Burning Story, Pure Historical Romance, No Rebirth or Transmigration

The female lead is a young lady from a prominent family, doted on by her parents. She marries the male lead through an arranged marriage, and at first they treat each other with respect before gradually falling in love.

Palace Intrigue Stories Where the Heroine Starts as a Low-Ranking Consort and Fights Her Way Up

Looking for books like "Palace Intrigue Begins Before the Imperial Selection". I want a female lead who starts out as a low-ranking consort and fights her way up to become empress. The focus should be palace intrigue. The male lead treats her as a pastime at first, then falls in love with her later. At the beginning, he should be a normal emperor who shares his favor among the harem and is busy with state affairs,

Looking for Palace Intrigue, Pure Palace Intrigue!!! No Mutual Chastity and No Exclusive Favoritism!

Looking for books like "Playing Along? I Can Do That Too (Ninefold Brocade)". Thanks for the recommendations, girls!!!

Pure Palace Intrigue, with Cutthroat Scheming. The Female Lead Must Be Clever

The Male Lead Is a Crown Prince, and the Female Lead Is the Noble Daughter of a Powerful Clan

The heroine is the legitimate daughter of an aristocratic family, skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. The hero is a refined young gentleman, as graceful as jade.

Is There Any Gong Douwen That Opens with a Very High Female Protagonist?

It's best if she's a concubine or above, or she starts in the palace and becomes the throne within a few episodes. It's best if the heroine's background is pretty good.

Palace and Household Intrigue, with a Heroine Who Isn't the Main Wife but Is Loved by the ML

Looking for books similar to Qing Dynasty: I Accidentally Became Yongzheng's Beloved (Chunmian Jin'an). I want palace or household intrigue, with a heroine who isn't the principal wife but is very much loved by the male lead, and has a good personality herself.

I Really Want to Read True Palace-Intrigue Novels

I hope the female lead is smart and clear-headed. If it's a sweet HE romance, I'd prefer the male lead not to have children, please. For a no-CP story about rising to power, I don't mind.

Looking for Palace-Intrigue Stories With a Heroine Like Consort Hua and an Emperor Who Absolutely Dotes on Her

No chaste couples, please. The emperor shouldn't be old, either, and I don't want that mindless doting stuff.

Any Pure Palace-Intrigue Novels Where the Female Lead Rises Gradually, Has a Clear Role, and Neither Lead Is Chaste?

Qing Dynasty Transmigration, Cultivation, Palace Intrigue, and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

Looking for books similar to The Proud Empress Falls for the Leader of the Red Flower Society. The female protagonist is Chen Yanzhang's daughter and also Xia Ziwei's mother, Xia Yuhe. Chen Mingyu is neglected at first, but later fights for the emperor's favor. She allies with Consort Xian to form a palace-intrigue faction. Later, there is also the Qianlong Emperor and...

Palace-Intrigue Novels

Looking for books like The Tyrant’s Little White Bunny Isn’t So Innocent. I want a sweet-looking but secretly ruthless tyrant.

Palace and Household Intrigue, with Rebirth or Transmigration; Preferably with a Female Lead from Ancient Times

Looking for books like "After the Supporting Female Characters Were Reborn in Droves, the Empress Went on a Killing Spree". Don't make her too obsessed with romance. I want a heroine who gets revenge on anyone who wrongs her.